In the waste industry where conditions are harsher, risk is amplified. By reinforcing proper technique, maintaining equipment access points, and building ...

The South Boston Recycling and Collection Center got a face lift. The 8-yard household waste disposal containers, or “green ...

Knoxville officials say the transition from bins lining Knoxville streets to nine compactors located throughout downtown will take over a year.

Downtown Knoxville’s crowded sidewalks are about to get some breathing room. The city is moving to swap out more than 700 rolling trash and recycling carts that line downtown streets for a network of ...

By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...

While diving to remove trash and debris from the ocean floor, the cleaner begins uncovering more than just pollution. Among the discarded items, several valuable objects are discovered, adding up to ...

Covington will purchase a historic 12,300-square-foot building for $1.45 million. Airman killed in refueling plane crash in Iraq identified as Wilmington man One of the six National Guard soldiers ...

NEW YORK — A woman whose remains were found in a trash compactor in the basement of a public housing building in Brooklyn this month most likely died after slipping down a garbage chute and into the ...

The medical examiner’s office is investigating the cause of death of Michelle Montgomery, 39, whose remains were found two weeks ago in a public housing building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. By Maia ...

The mysterious death of a Brooklyn mother of four whose body was found cut up and stuffed in a garbage bag has been solved with NYPD detectives determining she had died in a grisly accident, NYPD ...

A Brooklyn mom of four fell into an apartment trash compactor after leaving a bar and was crushed to death as residents heard her scream in terror, police sources said Friday. Michelle Montgomery, 39 ...

SULPHUR, La. (KPLC) - A bag of burnt popcorn led to the evacuation of Walmart in Sulphur Wednesday night. The Sulphur Fire Department received a call around 6:25 reporting that a trash compactor at ...